Hello.
If this question is too OT please pardon me and answer privately. I'm posting here because I don't know a more appropriate forum.
I'm using PD quite regularly to improvise and partially to do traditional composition.
I'm also writing an application to be used as performance environment because I don't like to use PD for that. It is designed and evolves to fit my own needs but I think I will never release it. It would cause an additional amount of work that I don't want to do. I'm focusing on play and composing things that I like and find a compromise between changing the technology and using the technology and it takes lot of time.
Here I cannot compare my advancements very well because there is no one to talk or play seriously with, with the sensitive exception of my teacher who has very a different approach and skills from me regarding technologies, computers and programming. He uses mainly a ChaosPad, multieffect box, CD player, guitars, mics and other sounding objects. I like him very much as musician but I spent my energies in a direction last years and would like to keep on that road until the end. I also live in a island (Sardegna) and cannot easily meet other people.
For example: is there people using graphic tablet or working with musicians which uses graphic tables as control devices? Do you/they use them à la caospad? Use more sophisticated controls? Are someone developed more evolved widgets than [grid]?
What kind of music can you make with that? This is also very important. Not the "genre" per se but the kind of musical operations you do.
Thanks for your patience. Your answers will be very appreciated.
I would also like to share development efforts and ideas with other developers or musicians with programming abilities if there is some agreements on the result to achieve as I still believe in open source.
I will try Sarlo's GrIPD next week but I think it is going in a different direction than me.
Maurizio Umberto Puxeddu.